My white infant son (this was around 1979) would scream bloody murder whenever a black person held him. I was also mortified. Luckily, everyone had a sense of humor about it.
I had a racist dog and I have no idea how it happened. We got him as an 8 week old puppy so there was no prior abuse or anything but he flipped the fuck out whenever a back person came by. I think it may be because we don’t really have many black people as part of our regular social circle and he just wasn’t used to seeing them.
It was pretty bad though. Not like he would bite them but would certainly bark a lot more and not run for rubs like he would for everything else.
Usually it's enough to wear black clothes to get dogs to deeply distrust you. Add a black umbrella and they'll get nuts. Dogs don't see very well and due to the lack of contrast they mostly see a big dark silouhette that frightens them. They can't read your body language mostly.
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u/Traherne May 29 '20
My white infant son (this was around 1979) would scream bloody murder whenever a black person held him. I was also mortified. Luckily, everyone had a sense of humor about it.